Family Serving Family

Customers receive help for an associate as they tie the tree on their car.

Holiday Spirit Abounds at Puerto Rico Exchange

By Robert Philpot / December 20, 2017 /

Puerto Rico is still recovering after suffering double blows from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Power, water and other necessities have been in short supply. Delivering live Christmas trees to the island would be difficult, but the Fort Buchanan Exchange team and Logistics were undeterred as they worked hard to ensure customers had the merchandise they…

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Puerto Rico Exchange associates Janice Ortiz and Elizabeth Caceres supported troops deployed to the Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rico Exemplifies Family Serving Family Spirit

By Robert Philpot / December 1, 2017 /

The island of Puerto Rico was without electricity, running water and supplies since suffering a direct hit from Hurricane Maria on Sept. 20. Puerto Rico Exchange associates worked hard to make life better for  customers and residents of the island, although they too were suffering.

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Stranded Misawa AB Passengers Not Left to Go Hungry

By Robert Philpot / December 1, 2017 /

Thanks to Food Court Manager Connie Brunson and her team, customers in Misawa AB’s terminal don’t go hungry.

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Military Clothing Store Serves Valued World War II Vet

By Robert Philpot / December 1, 2017 /

Deniz Barcala, manager at the Exchange’s Kleber Military Clothing Sales store and Wounded Heroes Service Center, meets many Soldiers and Airmen. On this particular day, she and her staff greeted World War II Veteran Anthony Grant, 97, who had flown to Germany to pin the sergeant’s rank on his grand-nephew Leonard Thomas. Grant also needed…

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Family Serving Family Has Special Meaning for Associate

By Robert Philpot / November 1, 2017 /

Exchange associate Rhea Aguon brings a unique and somber perspective to our core value “Family Serving Family.” The retail business manager in Kuwait/Jordan lost her brother, Army SGT Eugene Aguon, when he was killed in action May 16, 2013, in Kabul, Afghanistan, while escorting a NATO convey.

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Taking Care of Cadets is Her Passion

By Cormeshia Carson / November 1, 2017 /

USAF Academy Logistics Assistant Bonnie Bonnin has more than 40 years of service with the Exchange, a true definition of family serving family. Bonnin has opened her home to, and sponsored more than 70 cadets since starting her career with the Exchange in March of 1982 at K. I. Sawyer AFB in Michigan.

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Security Officer Finds Himself in Exchange History

By Robert Philpot / November 1, 2017 /

As a military police officer at the PX in Bangkok, Thailand in 1973-75, Jack Wrightsil never thought he would one day work at the Exchange headquarters, much less appear in one of the pictures hanging in its museum.

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Veterans for Life

By Robert Philpot / November 1, 2017 /

The fact is, 11.6% (3,381) of Exchange Associates are Veterans of the Armed Forces. Some work side-by-side with you every day and you may not even know it. On this very significant Veterans Day in Exchange history, we wanted to shine a spotlight on 30 associates who have worn or still wear the uniform, and…

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Veteran for Life:
Marian Phyllis Blackburn

By Mario Baltierra / November 1, 2017 /

U.S. Army Reserves 1982-1993 Supply Specialist/Administrative Specialist/Quartermaster Officer To this day as I serve the best customers in the world, as I have for 24 years, I have troops from that era, most retired now, say they remember me from Desert Shield-Storm. I proudly served in the Army Reserves, working in various ranks and positions. I…

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Veteran for Life:
Nicole Stoskopf

By Mario Baltierra / November 1, 2017 /

U.S. Air Force 2013-Present Aviation Resource Manager My Air Force career has been a great experience so far, and I am looking forward to many more years to come. I enjoy serving and will continue to serve until retirement. The only regret I have is that I didn’t join sooner! My dad was an Air…

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